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Saratoga Springs City School District was one of the districts targeted in last week’s swatting calls, unfounded reports of shooters in schools across the Capital Region. WRGB reports Superintendent Dr. Michael Patton says it’s the first time their schools were targeted by an outside threat. With 8 schools, 6,000 kids and more than 1,100 staff, Dr. Patton says school security is an ongoing and ever-changing conversation.

The 2023 National Dairy Challenge wrapped up this weekend in upstate New York, giving students from across the country the chance to explore and evaluate a few local dairy farms. The Saratogian reports Nearly 300 students from 31 universities participated in this year’s challenge, hosted from Thursday through Saturday at the Saratoga Springs City Center, with trips to tour area farms.

Albany officials have provided an update regarding the fire that happened at the former Doane Stuart School on Thursday, March 23. The City of Albany and Crime Stoppers is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person responsible for the fire. WTEN reports the fire is still under investigation and is classified as “undetermined.”

The town of Clifton Park announced yard waste pickup starts this week. WNYT reports Twin Bridges will be conducting the service Monday through the end of November. Leaves, grass clippings, tree and shrub trimmings, as well as other brush will be collected in brown paper yard waste bags only. Yo should have your waste ready for pickup by Sunday night each week.

The Saratoga Springs Police Department is seeking the public’s help locating a missing adult that they say is considered vulnerable due to medical reasons. Police say David M. Bulka was reported missing to the department on March 20, 2023. He was reportedly last seen on March 26th in the area of the Code Blue shelter located at 4 Adelphi Street. WRGB reports Bulka is 5′ 5″ tall and weighs approximately 150 lbs.

Just before 9a.m. Thursday, the Albany Police Department notified Albany High School of a call claiming that shooting victims were present at the school. The school followed their protocol and was put into lockdown for a thorough investigation. At 9:20a.m., the calls were considered unfounded and the school resumed normal activities.

A Cohoes man was sentenced on Thursday for a May 2022 homicide. The Albany County District Attorney’s Office said Ahlaumion Hall, 26, was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison for shooting a man on Quail Street in Albany. WTEN reports Hall shot and killed Charles Gibson, Jr. with a shotgun during a robbery. Earlier this year, he plead guilty to one count of Second Degree Murder.

Three men from Utica are facing misdemeanor charges connected to a November gun battle in Saratoga Springs. WNYT reports Alexander Colon, Darius Wright and Christopher Castillo are charged with attempted assault, following a melee that had bullets flying on Broadway and Caroline Street. Three people were struck by some of those bullets. All of them survived.

It’s been a busy March for overdoses in Saratoga…three calls in the past three days. Police used Narcan to treat and revive the patients. The Saratoga Springs Police Department has responded to 10 overdose calls in March alone.

The Saratoga County Sheriff’s Office is charging a man who injured a woman and sent her to the hospital. WNYT reports it happened Saturday night at a home in the town of Corinth. The woman was treated at Saratoga hospital and then transferred to Albany Med. Murauskas is charged with felony assault.